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The Swedish Army, or Armén is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
Equipment
Small arms
The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:
Vehicles
The Army uses a wide range of vehicles, mainly made by Swedish contractors. The Combat Vehicle 90 family of Infantry fighting vehicles has been an international success, with exports to countries including Norway, Switzerland and Finland. Vehicles in the army:
Mortars
Organization
The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of training regiments for the different corps. The number of training regiments has been drastically reduced since the end of the Cold War:
Infantry Corps
One and a half regiment of infantry troops:
Cavalry Corps
Two and a half regiments of cavalry troops:
Armoured Corps
Five regiments of armoured troops:
- Skaraborg Regiment (P 4)
- Southern Scanian Regiment (P 7)
- Sudermannia Regiment (P 10)
- Gotlandia Regiment (P 18)
- Norrbotten Regiment (I 19) (belongs to the Armoured Corps despite its designation)
Artillery Corps
One regiment and one battalion of artillery troops:
- Artillery Regiment (A 9)
- Norrland Artillery Battalion (former A 8) (part of I 19)
Anti-Aircraft Corps
One regiment and one battalion of anti-aircraft troops:
- Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lv 6)
- Norrland Anti-Aircraft Battalion (former Lv 7) (part of I 19)
Engineer Corps
One regiment and one battalion of engineering troops:
- Göta Engineer Regiment (Ing 2)
- Norrland Engineer Battalion (former Ing 3) (part of I 19)
Signal Corps
One regiment and one battalion of signaling troops:
Logistic Corps
One regiment and one battalion of supply troops:
- Göta Logistic Regiment (T 2)
- Norrland Logistic Battalion (former T 3) (part of I 5)
See also
External links
Last updated: 10-14-2005 20:06:27
